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**Translation:**

Su Lingxiu's golden needles were indeed swift and powerful. These tiny needles were inherently difficult to defend against due to their extreme penetration power. Ordinary martial artists could hardly resist them.

Moreover, the golden needles were varied in their attacks. While one could defend against a single needle, it was nearly impossible to guard against ten, a hundred, or even a thousand needles.

However, to Xu Yan and Meng Chong, these needles posed little threat.

Besides, Su Lingxiu's understanding of the golden needle technique was partly thanks to the help of these two, who were already familiar with the method.

Meng Chong's Great Sun Golden Body didn't even need to intentionally block the needles; they couldn't penetrate his defense at all.

As for Xu Yan, Su Lingxiu's needles, although impressive, couldn't threaten him even if they were at the same level. Even if Su Lingxiu launched a surprise attack, it would be the same.

"Junior sister's golden needle technique is very effective against other martial artists," Xu Yan said with a smile as he handed the needles back to her.

"Senior brother, your strength is just too overwhelming," Su Lingxiu replied, looking dejected.

She felt her golden needle technique was very powerful, yet it was easily countered.

"I'm naming this golden needle technique 'Xunfeng Divine Needle!'" Su Lingxiu announced excitedly. She then picked up the shovel she carried and said, "Next, I want to develop a shovel technique specifically for burying people!"

Suddenly, she seemed to think of something and hurriedly left, saying, "I'm going to find Hu Shan to test the needles."

Xu Yan shook his head, thinking that Hu Shan might suffer a bit. 

Although Su Lingxiu had not yet broken through to the Innate Realm, her strength far surpassed that of ordinary first-grade martial artists. Even typical Grandmasters were no match for her.

With her insights from the Eight Trigrams, she was temporarily at a stopping point. The next step was to refine herself, enhance her foundation, and strive to break through as soon as possible.

Once she reached the pinnacle of the Innate Realm, even peak Grandmasters could be easily defeated.

Meng Chong was full of fighting spirit, preparing to perfect his Great Sun Golden Body. Once he succeeded, he wouldn't fear Grandmasters anymore.

He had been chased by a Grandmaster in black robes for a while, and he harbored a grudge. After his breakthrough, he intended to take his revenge on a Grandmaster.

His Golden Lightning Fist had also made progress, and the World-Dominating Saber technique was nearly perfected, insights gained from the Eight Trigrams. He wanted to test his fist and saber techniques against a Grandmaster.

He dreamed of smashing a Grandmaster with a single punch.

His senior brother had gone to the inner region with great force, defeating Grandmasters and smashing them with ease.

Meng Chong recalled his own journey to the inner region. Initially, he slaughtered Grandmasters like chickens, but later, he was chased by a Grandmaster in black robes. He hadn't earned much spirit crystals, though the spirit herb treasures made the trip worthwhile.

"You disciple Su Lingxiu, you have perfected the Xunfeng Divine Needle from the Eight Trigrams."

Golden light appeared, and Li Xuan remained calm. This Xunfeng Divine Needle didn't stir him much, and he wouldn't use it. 

As a grandmaster, wielding golden needles seemed somewhat out of place with his image of a supreme expert. 

His mind involuntarily conjured the image of someone named Dongfang Bubai, wielding embroidery needles...

Su Lingxiu began teaching a group of young men and women the steps of alchemy. She selected the most talented to learn the final step of refining the pills.

Learning alchemy, even a single step, required repeated practice, consuming many herbs. They used ordinary herbs during the practice phase. Once they became proficient, they moved on to precious herbs. Finally, they would use spirit herbs, aiming to control the failure rate and increase the success rate.

This process required time, and the methods for refining Blood Qi Pills, Qi Nourishing Pills, and Healing Pills differed slightly. Once they mastered the method for one formula, learning others became easier.

They started with low-tier pills, such as those made from precious herbs that could aid in bone refining, organ refining, and sensing qi and blood.

This resulted in the daily production of numerous low-tier pills in the alchemy room. Although there were many failed pills initially, the number of failures decreased as they became more skilled.

The finished pills were used by members of the Evergreen Pavilion to aid their training or sold to martial artists on the frontier, exchanged for herbs, or used to recruit suitable martial artists to join the Evergreen Pavilion as outer members.

The powerful allure of these pills attracted many martial artists to the Evergreen Pavilion. However, the entry conditions were stringent, with strict age and talent requirements.

As for the failed pills, not wanting to waste anything, they were all fed to the red cat. Although it found them distasteful, being accustomed to failed pills made from spirit herbs, it reluctantly consumed them because Su Lingxiu gave them to it. To please her and avoid displeasing her, the red cat swallowed them all in one go.

Only when the success rate of each type of pill reached 100% would they move on to the next type, minimizing failures during the process of refining new pills. Spirit herbs were valuable, and the senior brothers had spent a lot of time gathering them.

Therefore, to reduce the failure rate when refining spirit herbs, Su Lingxiu was very strict about the success rate of pill refining.

Kou Ruzhi had just entered the martial path, breaking through the Blood Qi Realm. He was excited to finally become a martial artist.

"Pavilion Master, I have broken through!" Kou Ruzhi reported his breakthrough to Su Lingxiu immediately.

"Very good. For now, hand over the matters of the Evergreen Pavilion to Yun Shan. I have some tasks for you in the inner region," Su Lingxiu nodded.

"Yes, Pavilion Master!"

**Translation:**

Kou Ruzhi nodded solemnly.

Yun Shan was the magistrate of Yunshan County. As the person who could control Yunshan County on behalf of the Tianmu Sect, he naturally had some ability and was not just a brute. Moreover, Yunshan was one of the core members of the Tianmu Sect, recruited by Kou Ruzhi.

Once Kou Ruzhi arranged the affairs of the Evergreen Pavilion, Su Lingxiu began instructing him on matters in the inner region. The first task was naturally to prepare for the Evergreen Pavilion's entry into the inner region.

Firstly, they needed to understand the strength of the martial artists in Tieshan County, where to establish the Evergreen Pavilion, and how to operate it.

There was also a very important task.

That was to try to establish an intelligence system belonging to the Evergreen Pavilion in the inner region.

Su Lingxiu explained the general situation of the inner region to Kou Ruzhi one by one, but the specific actions depended on Kou Ruzhi himself.

Su Lingxiu believed that with Kou Ruzhi's talent, he should be able to complete the task quickly. She had recruited Kou Ruzhi initially because she had seen his abilities.

"Be careful in your actions and don't expose the Evergreen Pavilion for the time being. You should know what to do," Su Lingxiu said finally.

"Pavilion Master, rest assured. I know what to do. I will not disappoint you. The Evergreen Pavilion will definitely make its mark in the inner region and stand at its peak," Kou Ruzhi said fervently, full of ambition.

"If you truly have that ability, your name, Kou Ruzhi, will definitely leave a significant mark in the history of martial arts," Su Lingxiu said with a smile.

Kou Ruzhi became even more excited at her words.

That day, Kou Ruzhi left the frontier with a bit of spirit crystal given by Su Lingxiu and a few spirit tickets, heading to Tieshan County in the inner region.

The spirit crystals and spirit tickets were naturally brought back by Xu Yan.

Su Lingxiu looked in the direction of the inner region, a gleam of killing intent flashing in her bright eyes.

She was about to return to the inner region.

She was determined to uproot the influence of the black-robed figures and completely eradicate them!

"Kou Ruzhi has entered the Blood Qi Realm, which theoretically corresponds to a third-grade martial artist. However, he is much stronger than third-grade martial artists in the inner region. Apart from the Tianbao Pavilion, there are definitely no Grandmaster martial artists in Tieshan County.

"Even third-grade martial artists may not exist. Once they break through to the third grade, martial artists in Tieshan County will leave this barren land."

Su Lingxiu pondered in her heart.

With Kou Ruzhi's strength and methods, she believed he would quickly establish himself in Tieshan County and complete the tasks she assigned him. Of course, setting up an intelligence system would be quite difficult.

It would definitely take some time.

"I should break through to the Innate Realm!"

Su Lingxiu was ready to break through to the Innate Realm.

Her accumulation was already sufficient, and her understanding of alchemy and martial arts had deepened. She had also comprehended the Thousand Butterfly Phantom Body Technique and the Xunfeng Divine Needle. It was time for her breakthrough.

"Master, I'm going to break through to the Innate Realm," Su Lingxiu said as she brewed tea for her master.

"Mmm." Li Xuan played with the jade scepter in his hand and nodded.

"Master, do you have any advice for breaking through to the Innate Realm?" Su Lingxiu asked.

Li Xuan pondered for a moment. When Xu Yan broke through to the Innate Realm, he integrated sword intent into himself and transformed into a Ling Bone. Meng Chong had a similar transformation. If Xu Yan broke through to the Transcendent Realm, Li Xuan even suspected he would further transform, perhaps strengthening his Ling Bone or transforming into a Ling Body.

However, Su Lingxiu practiced alchemy and martial arts and had not comprehended sword intent, knife intent, or needle intent. So, how would she transform when she broke through to the Innate Realm?

Li Xuan had always suspected that Su Lingxiu had a special physique. Learning about her background, with her mother being a Grandmaster martial artist who died due to excessive consumption after giving birth to her, Li Xuan suspected that Su Lingxiu's special physique might not be complete. Breaking through to the Innate Realm could be an opportunity to transform herself.

So he said, "You practice alchemy and martial arts. To transform when you break through to the Innate Realm, you should focus on alchemy, cultivating the Evergreen Bone and nurturing vitality. Use this as your foundation to elevate yourself.

"Your two senior brothers transformed themselves by honing their sword intent and knife intent during their breakthroughs. Since you neither comprehend sword intent nor knife intent, this is not your area of expertise.

"So, focus your efforts on alchemy."

Su Lingxiu pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Thank you, Master. I know what to do."

Li Xuan nodded. If Su Lingxiu could comprehend the method, it meant that she would also undergo a transformation when she broke through to the Innate Realm.

Perhaps she would elevate her special physique to a new level.

Su Lingxiu began preparing for her breakthrough to the Innate Realm. She pondered over alchemy formulas for several days and eventually formulated a pill recipe.

Then, she started refining pills.

The main ingredient was three types of sixth-grade spirit herbs, with seventh-grade herbs as auxiliary ingredients.

This was the highest-grade pill she had ever refined, so she was extremely cautious and dared not be distracted in the slightest.

**Translation:**

Once the refining failed, the loss would not be small.

Finally, the pills were successfully refined, a total of nine of them, with intermingling green colors and a round, glossy appearance, as if containing vigorous vitality.

Li Xuan watched thoughtfully.

Outside the manor, beneath a large tree on a mountain peak.

Su Lingxiu sat cross-legged, breaking through to the Innate Realm.

Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan were all watching from afar.

Zhou Ying was both nervous and delighted, gazing at the girl in the distance with affectionate eyes.

For Su Lingxiu, breaking through to the Innate Realm was not difficult, but whether she could use this breakthrough to transform and elevate herself was unknown.

The bridge between heaven and earth was connected, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth entered her body. A faint green light emerged from her body, brimming with vitality. The tender buds of the large tree seemed to start growing rapidly.

Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan looked envious. Even in the frontier, they could cultivate, guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into their bodies, and break through realms. This was true martial arts.

In martial arts, there should be no restrictions.

The two of them cultivated in the frontier, relying entirely on pills and refining Qi pills for cultivation. Their progress was not slow. However, they were ultimately unable to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which was somewhat frustrating.

The green light on Su Lingxiu's body grew stronger and longer, and even from a distance, one could feel the vibrant sense of vitality.

Her momentum was also changing. At the moment when she was about to break through to the Innate Realm, there seemed to be some special circumstances. Although the spiritual energy poured into her body, it did not condense into Innate Qi.

Xu Yan frowned, silently observing while probing Su Lingxiu's situation.

Zhou Ying, with a nervous expression, couldn't help but ask, "Master Xu, what's wrong with Miss?"

Even though she was only at the Blood Qi Realm, and was on the verge of advancing to the Blood Qi Realm perfection, she could still tell that something seemed to be wrong with Su Lingxiu's breakthrough.

"It seems that Junior Sister's body is passively absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as if..." Xu Yan pondered, "as if a thirsty person is crazily drinking water."

Zhou Ying couldn't help but worry, "What should we do?"

"Junior Sister has prepared pills, so there shouldn't be a problem," Xu Yan said, also feeling somewhat worried.

At this moment, Su Lingxiu also discovered the situation in her body, feeling somewhat puzzled. She hastily swallowed a pill.

The pill instantly dissolved, and vibrant vitality began to form inside her body.

She took a deep breath and continued to operate her techniques. The techniques of alchemy and martial arts flashed through her mind as she swallowed another pill, beginning to temper her Evergreen Bone.

At the same time, golden needles appeared one by one, piercing into her various acupoints. The needles trembled, as if connecting with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, stimulating the essence of the acupoints.

Another pill was swallowed, and the rich vitality, along with a long-lasting fierce aura, circulated in her body, stimulating her Evergreen Bone.

At a certain moment, a faint green light blossomed from the Evergreen Bone, and the vitality became even more abundant.

Su Lingxiu felt that her body seemed to be undergoing a transformation. There was a feeling of affinity with the large tree beside her, as if with just a thought, she could control the tree.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth poured into her body, no longer dispersing, but being absorbed by her body and surging towards her dantian, opening up her dantian sea of Qi.

Li Xuan came over with leisurely steps, watching Su Lingxiu breaking through as he expected. Su Lingxiu had a special physique, but it was not complete, restricted by her environment and insufficient innate conditions.

However, she had tempered her Evergreen Bone and now, with the assistance of pills, her special physique was not only complete, but also undergoing transformation and elevation, about to transform into a stronger physique.

(End of this chapter)